Arochukwu
[3] Before Igbo arrival in the Aro territory, a group of proto Ibibio migrated to the area and established the Ibom Kingdom during the Bantu expansion.This proto Ibibio group originally came from Usak Edet (Isanguele), a segment of the Ejagham in present-day Southern Cameroon.The war was initially a stalemate and the Eze Agwu group eventually invited a priest named Nnachi from the Edda clan of northeastern Igboland.The Eze Agwu/Nnachi faction decided to help Akakpokpo attempt to overthrow his brother king Akpan Okon.The Akpa forces led by Osim and Akuma Nnubi, helped the rebellious group capture the rest of the area.[5][6] These migrations, influence of their god Ibini Ukpabi through priests, and their military power backed up by alliances with several related neighboring Igbo and eastern Cross River militarized states (particularly Ohafia, Abam, Abiriba, Ihechiowa, Afikpo, Ekoi, etc.)However, Aro economic hegemony was threatened by the penetration of Europeans, mainly British colonists in the wake of the 20th century.They gloried in war conquests, and participated much in mercenary and military policing duties across Eastern Nigeria.Clans like Ohafia, Abriba, Edda, Alayi, Igbere, Ihechiowa, Ututu etc also developed this warrior culture and they all, including Abam built a regional military power bloc that the whole of Igbo land dreaded.Abam has a large expanse of fertile land, which makes it a food basket of Abia State.Ihechiowa is an autonomous Igbo speaking community in Arochukwu Local Government Area, Abia State.Ihechiowa is among the Igbo population that may have, therefore, been part of waves of migration across the Niger and back, these include Ohafia, Abam, Ututu and so on.Although no archaeological research work was undertaken to validate the people’s traditions of origin, migration, and settlement; nonetheless oral evidence supports the assertion that the ancestors of Ihechiowa, together with those of Abam, Edda, Ohafia, and Ututu share cultural and linguistic relationships.They gloried in war conquests, and participated much in mercenary and military policing duties across Eastern Nigeria.Clans like Ohafia, Abriba,Abam,Edda, Alayi, Igbere etc also developed this warrior culture and they all, including Ututu built a regional military power bloc that the whole of Igbo land dreaded.[9][15][16] In Arochukwu, the amount of cloud cover is basically constant throughout the summer, with an average of 81% of the time the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy.